Finding Grace

"You're pregnant?" Vale gasped, looking floored.
"I knew it!" Nate smirked. "No way you were so hungover all the time."
Clarke just stared at me.
I fidgeted, glancing between my band members.
Andy and I had decided to tell our bands separately, and deal with however tbey decided to react.
Negative or positive.
Right now I knew he was probably dealing with the same reactions, or he'd better be.
He'd better have told them.
"How far along are you?" Clarke asked as the silence stretched.
"Eleven weeks --- about three months."
"Why didn't you tell me you were?" Vale looked hurt where she sat on the couch, Nate in the floor and Clarke on the arm. I'd called an emergency meeting, managing to gather everyone together for once. None of us had really been in the same room together other then to sleep in the bunks since Warped had started, and I had been missing my family.
Oh, I would have to call Danny, I realized. My brother would definitely need to know.
"I'm telling you now."
"Yeah, but like as a group! I'm your best friend, you shouldve told me before these assholes!" she waved at them, and the guys sent her disgruntled looks.
"Vale, I'm sorry, I just didn't know how," I sighed, shrugging. "I just told Andy."
"But you're so far along!" Clarke frowned. "Why did you keep it to yourself for so long?"
"I didn't. I didn't know. I just went to the doctor last week," I rubbed my arm. "If it wasn't for the morning sickness and weight gain, I wouldn't have known; I Don't have any other symptoms."
"Do you know what it is? Boy or girl?" Nate asked curiously.
"I'm not far enough along yet."
"Five bucks says its a girl," he grinned.
"You're on," Vale nodded. "Andys too manly to produce girls."
"I call girl," Clarke joined. "Ten bucks."
"Fine," Vale huffed, crossing her arms. "I'll be rich at the end."
I rolled my eyes at them, putting my hands on my hips.
"What about Warped?" Clarke finally asked, returning to business after their wagering was done. "Can you do it?"
"Yeah, no worries." I forced a smile, feeling tired. "It ends in August, and I'll only be about four or five months, so its perfectly okay."
"Was Andy excited?" Vale asked, absently braiding strands of her hair.
I fiddled with the zipper on my jacket.
"You could say he was... In his own way."
"So you're keeping it, right?" Nate interrupted, and I nodded.
"Yes." I was sure on that.
"Good." Clarke ran a hand through his hair. "Does this mean we need to plan a baby shower?"
Vale suddenly perked up.
"Vale, there can't be alcohol at a shower," her brother frowned at her, and she sent him a nasty look.
"I know that, asshole. But it'll be fun! When we get back home, we can decorate the apartment and have a bunch of balloons and --- you should know what it is by then, right?" I nodded. "Good. Oh! You could do one of those cakes where they bake it then tell you what it is! That would be fun!"
Who knew Vale would be so excited?
Oh.
"Oh, and, um, Vale?" I clasped my hands nervously.
"Yeah?"
"I'm, um, moving in with Andy when we get back."
Vale frowned at me.
"Makes sense," Clarke said quickly before she could process fully. "It's his baby and all. He can change the diapers at three AM."
"Yeah," Vale grimaced.
"That's true. But who's gonna room with me then?" she frowned. "I don't wanna live by myself. And I Don't have an excuse to move in with CC."
I smiled, chuckling.
They were taking this well.
I hoped Andy was doing as good as I was.


Andys POV

"What?" CC squawked, eyes widening. "You knocked her up?"
I scowled at him.
We were all gathered on the bus, and it felt crowded with all of us here.
I glanced warily at my bandmates faces.
Ashley of course wasn't shocked, and he was looking in amusement at the other guys stunned Expressions.
"Yeah. When we get back to L.A. she's moving in with me," I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "And we'll... Do whatever needs to be done."
I sounded aggravated to my own ears, and Ashley shot me a look.
"Well, congratulations," Jake said after a minute, leaning against the counters. "How far is she?"
"Uh." I had no idea.
"Three months," Ashley supplied for me, and I frowned at him. "She just found out, though."
"How do you know that?" CC asked.
"I might have been there when she found out," Ash looked like he felt awkward. "I've known for a bit."
"Before Andy?"
"Yeah."
"Oh."
Oh was right.
I sat down on the couch heavily, letting my face drop in my hands Telling the guys made it seem so much more real.
"Hey, imagine, little Biersack running through the bus," CC started to laugh. "A little black mohawk!"
"Leah would freak out if you guys gave him a mohawk," I snorted, raising my face slightly.
"You guys are assuming it's a boy," Jinxx spoke for the first time. "What if it's a girl?"
"Fine, Princess Biersack," CC rolled his eyes. "Still has a Mohawk."
I grinned slightly.
She would be a princess, that's for sure.
"Have you guys decided anything name wise or anything?" Jinxx asked, and I shook my head.
"We haven't had a chance to talk about anything yet."
"Are you guys gonna announce it?" CC frowned. "Or just kind of let people catch on when Leah looks like she swallowed a balloon?"
Ashley smacked his arm.
"For the love of god don't say anything about her weight," he muttered. "She'll freak out."
I sighed, rubbing my face.
I'd asked Chris not to say anything about the pregnancy thing other then to his band mates, I wanted to keep it low key until I had a chance to call my parents and let them know.
I didn't want them hearing it in the tabloids.
"When is baby B gonna be born, anyway?"
"January."
Ashley grinned. "If it is you have to name it after me."
"Tough luck," CC snorted. "It's after me, of course."
Jake and Jinxx rolled their eyes.
Baby Biersack.
Huh.
Whatever it was, I was gonna make sure I raised it as good as my parents had me, and show Leah she didn't have to be afraid of being like her mom.
We would raise our child like it should be.

Notes

Well now the bands know!
And I know how much you guys have been missing Clara, so prepare for her return VERY soon